Important Collector's Wristwatches, P...

New York, Sep 17, 2009

LOT 343

Bamford PVD Cosmograph Daytona Rolex, ?Oyster Perpetual, Superlative Chronometer, Officially Certified, Cosmograph Daytona," case No. Y510579, Ref. 116520. Made circa 2006. Very fine, self-winding, water-resistant, stainless steel PVD coated wristwatch with round button chronograph, registers, tacho-meter and a stainless steel Rolex Oysterlock bracelet. Accompanied by a sales receipt.

C. Three-body, PVD coated, screwed-down case back, push-buttons and crown, case back engraved: Bamford & Sons, Triplock winding crown protected by the Crown Guard, tachometer graduation on the bezel to 400 units per hour, sapphire crystal. D. Black with luminous steel indexes, subsidiary silver ring dials for the seconds, the 12-hour and 30-minute registers. Luminous white gold baton hands. M. Cal. 4130, rhodium-plated, 44 jewels, straight-line lever escapement, monometallic balance adjusted to 6 positions, shock absorber, self-compensating free-sprung Breguet balance spring, Microstella regulating screws, hack mechanism. Dial, case and movement signed. Diam. 40 mm. Thickness 12.5 mm.